Queenstown Connect has a proposal for a Skills Training Centre at Queenstown.

"There needs to be West Coast-based skills training so locals can get local jobs," Cr Evans said.

The Liberals said an elected majority Liberal government would work with TAFE and Queenstown Connect.

The Liberals could not elaborate on the proposed $100,000 for the bus service, saying they would need to find a tenderer before details could be nailed down.

West Coast general manager Paul Lockwood said the West Coast's current bus link with the North- West Coast ran to Devonport, via Cradle Mountain.

Other funding commitments -

* Queenstown Heritage and Arts Festival, $50,000.

* North Lyell Disaster Memorial Park, $25,000.

* West Coast Geopark feasibility study, $25,000.

THE West Coast package announced yesterday by the Liberals would come at the cost of jobs, according to Premier Lara Giddings.

Liberal leader Will Hodgman committed to a $750,000 package for the West Coast to target service training, public service house upgrades, a bus service, the Queenstown Heritage and Arts Festival and a study into a West Coast geopark.

However, Ms Giddings had her doubts.

``The initiatives put forward by the Liberal Party may have merit but their promises cannot be believed when they have failed to show how they will be paid for, ''she said.

``We know the Liberal Party is planning to slash more than 1200 jobs, which will affect essential services on the West Coast.''